Recognised as Colour

#FA2A36

#FA2A36
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#FA2A36 is a red with RGB values 250, 42, 54 and HSL 357°, 95%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#FA2A36#FA2A36

HEX#FA2A36

RGBrgb(250, 42, 54)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.1647, 0.2118

RGB percentages98%, 16.5%, 21.2%

HSLhsl(356.5, 95.4%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(356.5, 83.2%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 83.2%, 78.4%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,394,806

CSS custom property--colour: #FA2A36;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22246WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness141.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.45:1

Contrast with white3.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.45:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#575757

Inverted#05D5C9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#706534no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 80.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#A2912Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 80.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FF0032no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.85:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 15.4 Tomato · ΔE 18.5 Red · ΔE 21.3 Orange red · ΔE 23.5 Firebrick · ΔE 25.7 Coral · ΔE 32

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 15.4, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#2AFAEE

Analogous#FA2A9E, #FA862A

Triadic#36FA2A, #2A36FA

Split complementary#2AFA86, #2A9EFA

Tetradic#9EFA2A, #2AFAEE, #862AFA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFF1F2

Lighter +30%#FEBFC3

Lighter +20%#FC8E94

Lighter +10%#FB5C65

Darker −10%#EB0613

Darker −20%#BA040F

Darker −30%#88030B

Darker −40%#560207

More saturated +25%#FF2532

Less saturated −25%#DF454E

Channel breakdown

R250

G42

B54

Red250 (98%)

Green42 (16.5%)

Blue54 (21.2%)

Hue356.54°

Saturation (HSL)95.41%

Lightness57.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G 2A · B 36

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